Hand sanitiser donation helps keep Welsh RNLI volunteers safe

Hand sanitiser donation helps keep Welsh RNLI volunteers safe

RNLI volunteers at St Davids and Aberystwyth have received a donation of alcohol-based hand rub based on the formula from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The donation has come from In the Welsh Wine Distillery based at Tan y Groes, Ceredigion.

The company recently switched production from producing Gin and Whiskey to providing an alcohol-based hand rub on a formula.

Recognising RNLI crews were finding it difficult to purchase hand sanitizer to help them stay safe whilst saving lives at sea, the company kindly donation a quantity of their products to RNLI lifeboat stations at Aberystwyth and St Davids.

‘This was an absolutely amazing gesture and one that will definitely make a difference to both lifeboat Stations. We have been in touch with Little and Broad Haven RNLI Lifeboat Station who also are short of sanitiser and offered some of our donation to them.

‘We are extremely grateful to this local company who had only just started out in their new business venture but out of this adversity, they realised that they could do something to support our real-time national emergency, on their very own doorstep.’

Police urge visitors to ‘check the rules’

POLICE in Powys are reminding people to check the rules before they travel, as tourists from the Midlands, London and Bristol continue to visit despite lockdown restrictions.

Last weekend more than 1,000 cars were turned around by police in the Brecon Beacons after visitors attempted to access the area around Ystradfellte known as ‘waterfall country’.

Many of those stopped claimed they thought the rules around travel were the same as in England, while others had deliberately flouted them.

Seventy-two per cent of people reported for breaches of Covid-19 restrictions in Powys since March 27 have been from outside the police force area.

“I would like to thank the communities of Powys for their cooperation in recent months in complying with requirements of the Covid 19 legislation and also reassure them we are still working hard with our partners to police the restrictions that remain in place across Wales,” said Superintendent Steve Davies.

“Our officers have worked hard to engage with the public at every opportunity throughout these unprecedented times by explaining what we are doing and why, and encouraging people to make the best choices to protect public health in Wales.

“But where people have clearly flouted the rules we have dealt with them appropriately and issued fines.”

He said officers will continue to conduct stop checks throughout Powys and across the force area this weekend.

In England, people can now travel an unlimited distance for exercise and to access so-called ‘beauty spots’.

But the Welsh Government has said people must remain local – ideally not travelling further than five miles from their home – for exercise or limited leisure pursuits, and this also applies to anyone travelling across the border.

Wales’ three national parks – which include popular sites such as Snowdon, the Elan valley and the Pembrokeshire coast – currently remain closed to the public, as do all National Trust car parks and properties.